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While many of the headlines concerning opioid addiction and overdose deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic have focused on the synthetic

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Once the choice is made to seek help for substance abuse issues, the question that many in recovery face is:

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“Please smoke responsibly.” When was the last time you saw an advertisement requesting that? Most likely never. The vast majority

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Chapter 4: FIORINAL 2008 It was hard to determine what Kevin knew about my increasing binging. He was starting to

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The traditional approach to substance abuse treatment is simple: walk into a 12-step meeting, and accept that you are powerless.

Explaining Intergenerational Trauma
Consider your family tree. Can you see places where it is bent or broken? Perhaps you can see where the

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The tumultuous events of the last year – political unrest, the coronavirus, and even the 20th anniversary of the terrorist